Radiator.



G. G. GERBER.

RADIATOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 9, 1914.

Patented Apr. 25,1916.

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WITNESSES:

TTH/i/EY G. G. GERBER RADIATOR.

APPLlCATlON FILED MAR-9.1814.

Patented Apr. 25, 1916.

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RADIATOR.

Application filed March 9, 1914; Serial No. 823,442.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE G. GERBER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Portland, in the countyv of Multnomah and State of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Radiators, of which the following is a specification. v

My invention relates primarily to devices that are used to cool water as it circulates from the water-jackets of engine cylinders in a heatedcondition before said water returns to the cylinders to be again used.

The object of this invention is to provide a device of this kind that is simple in construction, durable, and inexpensive 1n manufacture; and further to provide a radlator that may be detached from vehicles when leaky, for the purpose of repairing same.

With these and other useful objects 111 View, my invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combinations of elements, and arrangements of parts to be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims. i

In order to fully comprehend my invention and theart to which it relates, reference must be had to the accompanying drawings, of which Figure 1 is a front perspective of my invention, partly broken away; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the horizontal fastening means; Fig. 3 is an end elevation of same;Fig. 4: is

a vertical section through line A A, Fig. 1,

and Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the core.

Now referring to the drawings (in whichlike characters of reference indicate like parts), the numeral 2 indicates a waterjacket surrounding frame; 3, into which is screwed core 4; the tubes 5 being integrally fastened to said core. When said core is screwed into its normal horizontal position, a circular nut 6 is screwed to projection 7 of said core which serves to lock said casing in position. Intermediate flange 8 of the core and end 9 of frame 3, a gasket 10 is provided for the purpose of preventing leakage of water ;-and another gasket 11 is provided intermediate the opposite end 12 of said frame and nut 6, for the same purose. p By observing Fig. 1 it will be noted that a ball-and-socket joint 13-43 is provided, which serves as a support for the radiator as well as a means of allowing said radiator to remain in horizontal and vertical alinement. when the vehicle to which it is atsprings' 17 which are fastened to washers 18, Wh1le said washers abut ofi'sets 19-20 whichare formed at the free ends of rods 14: and 16' respectively. Passing from bottom 21 of the jacket, to frame22 are helical springs 23 which serve as additional, means of preventing the radiator being jarred verti cally when the vehicle shears or jolts.

Frame 3 is provided with horizontally and oppositely disposed extensions 32 adapted to engage the sides of the water jacket 2 and thus divide same into upper and lower compartments 33 and 34'respecti vely. Frame 3 has diametrically disposed orifices 30 and 31, and core 1 has similar orifices 35 and 36, adapted to register with orifices 30 and 31 respectively when core 4: is in place. These several orifices serve as passage-ways for the water from the upper compartment 33 downward into the core 4, and from the core 4 downward into compartment 34, whence it is piped to the engine water jacket by well known methods.

In practice, the water from the cylinders passes into the top portion of jacket 2 by means well knownin the art, and therefore, needs no description here, particularly as it forms no part of my invention. The cooling too .is affected by'air passing through the spaces formed intermediate the walls of tubes'5, in the conventional way, while the water from the jacket passes intermediate the spaces formed between the tubes and is gradually cooled by the flow of air through said tubes while the vehicle is in motion.

In order to remove core 4, the nut 6 is first removed by means of wrenches being applied to ribs 24 of said nut.

My invention may be constructed of any material and made any size deemed suitable for all the requirements of such a device, and while I have illustrated and described a preferred form of construction and combinations of elements considered essential. in materializing the same, I wish to include in this application all mechanical equivalents and substitutes that may be fairly considered to lie within the scope and purview of my invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus fully described my invention so that others skilled in the art to which it relates may be enabled to construct and use the same, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is y 1. "In a device of the character described, a Water jacket, a frame within said jacket, a removable circular core within said frame, whereby said core may be removed without disturbing said frame and jacket, means to lock said core in position, means to render joints between said frame and said core water-tight, substantially as described.

2. In a device of the character described, a water jacket, a frame within said jacket, said frame being attached at diametrically opposite points to said" jacket .and thus dividing said water jacket into two compartments, a removable circular core within said frame, whereby said core may be removed without disturbing said frame and jacket, water-tight means to lock said core in place, substantially as described.

3. In a device of the character described, a water jacket, a frame within said water jacket, a detachable core within said frame, whereby said core may be removed without disturbing said frame and jacket, watertight means to lock said core in place, substantially as described.

4. In a device of the character described, a water jacket having two compartments, a frame intermediate said compartments and having orifices connecting same, a removable core within said frame and having orifices registering with orifices in' said frame, whereby said core may be removed without disturbing said frame and jacket,

into two. compartments, said frame having a threaded cylindrical aperturetherethrough and having also top and bottom water aper tures communicating with said jacket, an exteriorly threaded cylindrical core in said frame having water apertures registering with said first mentioned water apertures, and air tubes extending from front to rear of said core.

6. A radiator device comprising in combination a water jacket, a frame arranged within said jacket and dividing the same into two compartments, said framehaving a threaded cylindrical aperture therethrough and having also top and bottom water apera threaded cylindrical aperture therethrough and having also top and bottom water aper-- tures communicating with said jacket, an exteriorly threaded cylindrical core in said frame having water apertures registering with said first mentioned water apertures, air tubes extending from front to rear of said core, and means for sealing the joint between said core and frame against water leakage, said means comprising an annular flange at one end of said core, an annular nut on said core at the end thereof opposite said flange, and washers between said flange and said frame and between said nut and said frame.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence of'two witnesses.

GEORGE G. GERBER. \Vitnesses C. F. BLAKE, PETER HABERLIN. 

